Monuments of the early church . ure corre-sponds ill with the dignity of his position. We have herewhat is perhaps the earliest example of an ascetic representa-tion of Christ; it is marked by the thin face and pointed beard,as well as by the sombre coloring of his garments. This re-flects the rapid progress of monasticism in the West duringthe sixth century. One other example of apsidal decoration must suffice; thattakes us to Ravenna and introduces us to the style of decora-tion which was appropriate to the enlarged apsidal room of thedomed churches. The church of S. Yitale was built and its
Monuments of the early church . ure corre-sponds ill with the dignity of his position. We have herewhat is perhaps the earliest example of an ascetic representa-tion of Christ; it is marked by the thin face and pointed beard,as well as by the sombre coloring of his garments. This re-flects the rapid progress of monasticism in the West duringthe sixth century. One other example of apsidal decoration must suffice; thattakes us to Ravenna and introduces us to the style of decora-tion which was appropriate to the enlarged apsidal room of thedomed churches. The church of S. Yitale was built and itsdecoration completed during the reign of Justinian. It repre-sents, therefore, Byzantine art in the latest phase of its devel-opment within the period which we have here to study. Wesee, however, that it was not yet differentiated from the art ofthe AYest, except by its purer preservation of Classical retained a suppleness of form and a richness of ornamenta-tion which are not to be found for more than a century previ-. FiG. 133. — Mosaic in S. Vitale, Eavenna. Sixth cintiiry. Abraham entertaining theangels, the sacritiee of Isaac. ous in the mosaics of Rome. The great dome of this churchis without mosaic decoration; it is only the presbyterium we 3ir. PICTORIAL AFT
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